C.G. Jung wrote in The Development of Personality, "In every adult
there lurks a child--an eternal child, something that is always
becoming, is never completed, and calls for unceasing care, attention
and education. That is the part of the human personality that wants to
develop and become whole."
In this reflection on life's journey, Daniel A. Lindley applies the
insights gleaned from many years of study of literature and
psychoanalysis to show how we are "always becoming" and always obligated
to care for that archetypal child. Drawing upon psychological truths
expressed by Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Eliot and others, Lindley
illuminates the process of individuation through personal experience,
art and archetype. From birth to old age, he demonstrates, even in our
separateness we share an archetypal ground. Thus, at any point in our
lives, "the path we walk is not unknown; it has purpose and direction.
We are living out stories that existed long before we did, and will be
there long after we are gone."
This deeply personal memoir folds time and space, poignantly bridging
one man's life and humanity's distant past with grace, wit, and quiet
perception.
- W. Raymond Johnson, PhD, Director, Epigraphic Survey,
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
DANIEL LINDLEY, PhD, LCSW has degrees from Yale, Harvard, Florida
State, and Loyola University of Chicago. Formerly a school teacher and
professor of English, he is a training analyst in the C. G. Jung
Institute of Chicago and is in private practice. He is also the author
of This Rough Magic: The Life of Teaching.
